Above is my creative narrative assignment. This historical fiction piece was an assessment on my knowledge of the time period. Before we began writing our pieces, each student was given a short biography of an African in New York. We then had to integrate facts from the biography and facts that we knew about New York City in the Colonial Era while filling in the blanks with creative writing.
While writing this piece, I learned a lot about the time period. I learned about the similarities and differences between Colonial New York and New York today. My biography had little information so I had to do some research on the side. I also learned about myself as a humanities student. I learned that it is very challenging for me to write historical fiction; especially when I am required to include specific facts. Overall, this was not my favorite assignment but I learned a lot in the process of writing it.
